After making up his mind, Liu Bei gave up on persuading Liu Hong and the upper echelons of the Eastern Han Dynasty, and instead decided to use his own power to complete the assassination of Zhang Jiao's three brothers in private without attracting anyone's advance attention.
This is actually a great advantage for Liu Bei.
Because no one would have thought that someone like him, Liu, who was not on the same level as Zhang Jiao, could actually lead the assassination of Zhang Jiao.
No one knows that Liu Bei has a God's perspective and can think about these events from a historical perspective and draw some conclusions that can only be reached by knowing everything.
And as the second person in charge of Dongyuan, Liu Bei's work in Dongyuan is actually intelligence reconnaissance in areas outside Luoyang.
Liu Hong and the eunuchs all believed that intelligence exploration within Luoyang was the most important, because Luoyang was the center of the world. If they controlled the intelligence of Luoyang, they would also control the intelligence of the world.
Even at the beginning, Dongyuan had no intention of setting up an intelligence reconnaissance team for the outside world. It was Liu Bei's request that such a team be retained. However, in terms of staffing, Liu Hong and the eunuchs did not care and allowed Liu Bei to operate on his own.
You just need to arrange the manpower, and you decide what to do. You just need to report regularly and go through the motions. Nothing else matters.
At that time, Liu Bei felt that there was such a good thing in the world?
Are you really going to give me the authority to detect intelligence in areas outside Luoyang?
This is the fact. In a department that is first established and has no idea of its effects, no one will realize its value too deeply.
However, Liu Hong and Zhang Rang were not political masters, so they didn't care about it.
But Liu Bei really understood the power of this organization after it was well run. This was the case in every country with some ability and ambition that would never give up on setting up a powerful department, both in ancient and modern times.
Liu Hong and Zhang Rang's lack of concern means that even if Liu Bei completely uses his own manpower to turn this department that investigates intelligence work in areas outside Luoyang into his own Liu Jiajun, there will be no problem.
That's what he did.
Since you all trust me so much, wouldn’t I betray your trust if I don’t do this?
Liu Bei had a lot of things to do and it was difficult for him to devote himself wholeheartedly, so he asked Liu Huiti, Liu Bo's son who had been following him to do things, to lead the team and slowly run the team.
Liu Hui is not good at martial arts. Because he was bullied in his childhood, he has a somewhat withdrawn personality. He is only close to Liu Bei, who saved him. He doesn't like to interact with others very much, and his popularity is not very good.
This is simply the best prerequisite for intelligence.
Therefore, when he was in Zhuoxian, Liu Hui's status within the Liu Group was similar to that of an intelligence officer, participating in intelligence work and laying the foundation for the expansion of the Liu family's power.
The good chess move that placed the chess pieces under Cheng Dazhi was Liu Hui's operation.
As a member of the same clan, Liu Bei had absolute trust in Liu Hui, and Liu Hui learned that Liu Bei had found a new job for him and was also very interested in it.
The most beautiful job is to have a professional counterpart and a compatible personality. As soon as Liu Hui came into contact with this job, a wonderful chemical reaction immediately occurred.
The task Liu Bei gave him was quite arduous.
It is already September of the sixth year of Guanghe, and Zhang Jiao launched a comprehensive operation in February of the seventh year of Guanghe. With full calculation, Liu Bei still has five months left.
During these five months, Liu Bei needed to know clearly the whereabouts of Zhang Jiao's three brothers, and he needed to assassinate these three men without attracting anyone's attention, and he also needed to succeed.
It's not easy.
It requires accurate intelligence, and it also requires skilled assassins who are willing to die to execute it.
Who can take on such a responsibility?
Not to mention, Liu Bei really has such a suitable candidate under his command.
The group of well-trained old team members who first followed Liu Bei in the cottage on the outskirts of Zhuo County were all taken in by Liu Bei and saved their lives. Liu Bei was kind to them.
According to the simple values of this era, if someone saves his life, he must repay his life with his life.
Liu Bei wrote a letter secretly sent back to Zhuoxian, and asked Jian Yong and Ji Jian to preside over the selection of a group of loyal warriors from the village who were willing to die for Liu Bei, and promised them to take good care of their families and descendants. Then deliver the task.
Then, Liu Bei handed over the task of investigating the whereabouts of Zhang Jiao's three brothers to Liu Hui, asking him to act secretly, not to attract anyone's attention, and go to Jizhou to investigate. Moreover, time was tight, and Liu Bei could only give him three months at most. time.
In Liu Bei's view, the three Zhang Jiao brothers would directly contact believers in order to preach, and would not live apart from believers. In order to demonstrate their existence and prestige, it is also a practical need to show up and socialize.
This practical need gave Liu Bei an opportunity to assassinate them.
There is only one chance. If it fails, the Taiping Dao Uprising will break out. But as long as it succeeds, the scale and destructiveness of the Taiping Dao Uprising will instantly be reduced by several levels of danger.
The assassination failed, Zhang Jiao rebelled, and everything just went to the starting point.
The worst outcome is the original outcome, so why not bet on it?
Liu Bei wanted to try his best for this, but if his best efforts failed, he had nothing to say.
Zhang Jiao should have completed the arrangements for the Taiping Dao Uprising long ago, and the armed team for the Taiping Dao Uprising has probably reached the maximum size they can achieve.
It is no longer possible to completely prevent it from breaking out.
But as long as the three Zhang Jiao brothers died early and the scale and destructiveness of the Taiping Dao uprising were reduced, then the war would not be so destructive to the economy and daily production and life, and the local separatist trend would not be large-scale. If you raise your head, the local military disaster caused by the dispatch of the imperial army will be less.
The overall situation will not get out of control.
Liu Bei didn't know to what extent one person's power could change history.
He wanted to try it.
In the second half of the sixth year of Guanghe, Liu Bei was secretly manipulating his own power to make his last effort to adjust the direction of history.
On the surface, he is recuperating and keeping a low profile.
This was Lu Zhi's request to Liu Bei, and it was also Zheng Xuan's suggestion.
They hope that Liu Bei will not stand out in this turmoil, but should restrain his sharpness, hide himself, protect himself, and not show his sharpness again.
He had previously helped the Ancient Literature School to defeat Yang Ci's attack, and had provided a great help to the Ancient Literature School. But now, Liu Bei had reached the limit of his sharpness. If he continued to show his sharpness, there would be problems.
Zheng Xuan was keenly aware that some forces were planning to plot against Liu Bei, so he suggested that Lu Zhi give Liu Bei a holiday so that he could retreat and recuperate in the current extremely dangerous fighting environment.
To be honest, when Lu Zhi came to Liu Bei about this matter, Liu Bei was quite embarrassed.
Because he found that Lu Zhi really considered him, and Zheng Xuan obviously admired him and was willing to consider him.
But the reason why the situation has deteriorated to this extent is that Liu Bei is the real mastermind behind the scenes.
This feeling of regret quickly disappeared. Liu Bei was accustomed to shielding his true emotions from making judgments and not letting his emotions affect his actions.
That's why he could step by step from being a mat weaver and shoe seller to where he is today.
It's quite ruthless.
But does it matter?
Lu Zhi was obviously very worried about the prospects that the school was currently facing. While letting Liu Bei rest at home and preparing to take sick leave for him, he also showed his worry.
"If it were years ago, Sili Xiaowei, Tingwei and Yushi Zhongcheng might have joined forces to fight against Dongyuan. Especially Sili Xiaowei, who has 1,200 Zhongdu officials and apprentices, can fight head-on against those Dongyuan spies. But now...sigh..."
Lu Zhi sighed repeatedly.
Liu Bei pretended to be unable to bear it.
He personally served a glass of rice wine to his beloved teacher.
"Teacher, it's not easy for the school to get to where it is today. Every step of the way, we have paid a huge price. At this point, we can't look back."
Lu Zhi took the glass of rice wine and took a sip.
"I know, of course I know, but in my heart I still don't want to see the scholars completely split into two factions. It used to be just an academic dispute, but now it has become a battle of wills and interests, and there is no trace of anything between them. room, is this really right? Xuande, what do you think?"
Liu Bei was silent for a while and shook his head.
"There is no room for debate about right or wrong in this matter. Teacher, there are many things in the world that cannot be distinguished between right and wrong. At present, there is no right or wrong, only victory or defeat."
(End of chapter)
